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With over twenty years in CSC Germany, assistant general counsel Juergen Schminke is highly skilled in the legal and business aspects of IT, demonstrating significant experience in negotiations of large revenue commercial deals under time pressure with customers, partners and others. Heading the legal department of CSC Central Region (also covering Turkey), Schminke manages a team of ten people. He successfully led the creation and development of the legal department, which is responsible for 25 countries. ‘It has been perceived as a significant contributor to our business success by all local managers’ he says. He assigned certain lawyers to specific countries and encouraged technical specialisation on different legal topics; at the same time he broadened the scope of responsibility to cover several countries. This gave comprehensive legal support to the business, while also creating a chance for team members to grow their own expertise.